Category: Texas

Texas, Florida Lawmakers at Odds Over CHIPS Act

While some Texas Republicans are urging Congress to pass a $250 billion CHIPS Act, Florida’s Republican U.S. senators are opposing it, arguing it will continue to drive “Biden’s inflation crisis,” is a pro-China bill and gives billions of dollars to companies with no accountability. Proponents of the CHIPS (Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors) Act…


Supreme Court Blocks Biden Admin Policy Narrowing Detainment, Deportation of Illegal Aliens

The U.S. Supreme Court gave Texas and Louisiana a temporary legal victory in the border states’ attempt to strike down a September 2021 Biden administration immigration guideline. The Supreme Court, in a ruling without explanation on Thursday, allowed a federal judge in Texas to block the Biden Administration’s immigration guideline that, according to the border…


Texas Cities Dominate Job Market Index: LaborIQ

Texas is showcasing a stronger performance in the labor market when compared to the nation overall, according to a report by labor market analytics platform LaborIQ by ThinkWhy. The “total annual voluntary quits rate” in Texas, at present, stands at 36.2 percent, which is higher than the national level of 33.8 percent, the most recent…


Border Crisis Contributed to Botched Response to Uvalde School Massacre: Report

UVALDE, Texas—The school in which 19 children and two teachers were massacred on May 24, had been in lockdown four times in the month prior to the shooting, said Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin. Schools in the whole district had been in lockdown mode 47 times since February due to the border crisis spilling into the…


2 Men Indicted Over Deaths of 53 Illegal Immigrants in Texas

A federal grand jury in San Antonio, Texas has indicted two men after they were charged in connection to a deadly human smuggling incident in late June that killed 53 illegal immigrants and injured 11 more. The 53 people who died, three of whom were minors, were among a group of illegal immigrants found inside…


4 Men Indicted in Connection With Deaths of 53 Illegal Immigrants in Texas

A federal grand jury in San Antonio, Texas has indicted four men in connection with a deadly human smuggling incident in late June that killed 53 illegal immigrants and injured 11 more. The 53 people who died, three of whom were minors, were among a group of illegal immigrants found inside an 18-wheeler truck on a…


Texas GOP Training 5,000 Election Workers, Poll Watchers to Improve Election Integrity: Spokesman

The Texas GOP says it is stepping up election integrity efforts in the state by training and recruiting election personnel watching the polls, according to a party spokesperson. “Texas should be the standard bearer for all things Republican, with a Republican-dominated legislature and state office for going on 20 years now,” Wesolek said, noting that…


Texas A&M’s Smith Arrested on DWI, Weapons, Pot Charges

COLLEGE STATION, Texas—Texas A&M receiver Ainias Smith was arrested early Wednesday on charges of driving while intoxicated, unlawful carrying of a weapon and possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana, according to Brazos County jail records. Smith, 21, was arrested by Texas A&M police and was booked into the Brazos County jail. He posted…


Uvalde Report Disputes Account That Officer Had Early Chance to Gun Down Assailant

The report on the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, released by the Texas state House of Representatives on July 17 shot down an account that a local police officer confronted the shooter and thus had a chance to bring him down prior to his entering the school. False Report The July…


George Soros Gave $1 Million to Help Beto O’Rourke Unseat Texas Gov. Greg Abbott

Left-wing Democrat mega donor George Soros has donated $1 million to help Beto O’Rourke’s efforts to unseat Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, filings show. Records filed with Texas Ethics Commission published Tuesday show the billionaire donated the sum to the Beto for Texas political action committee in June, according to The Hill. O’Rourke’s campaign confirmed the donation to…